Game Summary

First Period
Not a lot going on the first few minutes of this period. Sure, they made it look exciting, but it was mostly a lot of skating up and down the ice and getting nothing done. Ender Zavala took a holding penalty two minutes into the game, giving the Crows a great chance to strike first on the power play, but they just could not put anything together and Halifax killed that one off. St. Louis found themselves on the other end of that stick when Gordie Boomhover went to the box for hooking at 12:54, and the Raiders did not take long to cash in on that with a goal from Mr. Faceoffs (I am not kidding you, folks, that is the real name this boy's parents gave him in the sight of god and the world) at 13:06. Seems that goal gave Halifax some momentum, and Gaspard Boone grabbed his second goal of the season twelve seconds later to put the Scarecrows in a two-goal hole. I've encountered a lot of holes in my life, folks, and the two-goal kind is not the worst, but it sure isn't the best either. A couple more penalties on the books this period, but neither team got anything else done on the power play and we wrapped up the first with no further damage. Shots in this period - STL 9, HAL 7 (but a hell of a lot of good those extra two shots did). 

(First intermission notes: This is probably a good time to tell you all that I have never seriously watched a game of hockey in my life. I'm a baseball man, the true American sport, but when you're out of a job, you take what you can get, even if that means you end up in Halifax, which is located in the devil's right armpit.)

Second Period
I regret complaining about the first few minutes of the previous period, because absolutely nothing happened this entire twenty minutes. Isaac Yamada took a high-sticking penalty late in the period, but even the sight of a man hitting another man in the face with a stick could not add much excitement to this snooze fest. It felt like there was some shooting going on, but not a lot of them actually on either net, and as you might know, the puck does have to be headed towards the net at some point for there to be any scoring. The biggest accomplishment in this period was that I did not fall asleep. I did finish the half bottle of scotch I smuggled in. Shots in this period - STL 6, HAL 4

(Second intermission notes: I took this intermission to spend some time reading up on the off-ice exploits of Troy Reynolds, and I gotta say, I think I like the kid. Reminds me a lot of myself if I'm honest, but he should probably not take that as a compliment.)

Third Period
Both teams obviously came out determined to make this period a lot more exciting than the last. Tiger Wawazat won a faceoff against Mr. Faceoffs himself and passed it back to Filip Zadina, who put it away less than two minutes into the period to get St. Louis on the board and deny McKorsy his shutout. There was a little murmur of hope for the Crows there for about a minute, but then Isaac Yamada took his second penalty of the game, this time for roughing. The Raiders once again did their dirty work on the power play and Dominic Montgomery scored his third goal of the season off a nice pass from Gaspard Boone at 2:53 to put our Crows back in that same old two-goal hole. After that it was all downhill for St. Louis, because the only numbers they seemed to be able to put up were penalty minutes, winding up in the box twice more (Ty Hoover for Interference at 3:21, and Fork Spoon for hooking at 7:45). It was a sad night for anyone who came to the arena rooting for the road team, and I was already sad to be in Halifax to begin with. Shots in this period - STL 7, HAL 8


FINAL: Halifax 3, St. Louis 1

Three Stars
1 - Gaspard Boone (HAL) - goal, assist
2 - Jaguar Johnson (HAL) - assist
3 - Mike McKorsy (HAL) - 21 saves on 22 shots


Brockmire's Complaints
1 - Why didn't Filip Zadina get a star? Scored his third goal of the season, got the team on the board, got everybody's blood pumpin again. Gotta think the media's playing some favorites here, giving the second star to that Jaguar Johnson guy when all he had was an assist. Fil, you can have a beer on me at the next home game.  
2 - The Scarecrows have to stay out of the box. Two out of the three goals they gave up this game were scored on the power play. Not to point fingers, but Isaac Yamada might need to settle down.